A few weeks after the revelation of their Ranger identities, the Elite Force were glad that the Ninjetti Rangers were there to help as well. Although the Ninjetti Rangers were more experienced, the Elite Force still possessed greater speed, strength and endurance. When Billy returned to Angel Grove after finding out about the Rangers, he helped Alex with working on Jason's power coin. The finish product resulted in Jason becoming a gold ranger once again. But this time, it fit Jason perfectly and did not do any harm to him.
After the first fight that included all of the Rangers, the Putties seemed to be getting stronger and tougher. Billy also proved to be a good aid to Alex. He was the one who had figured out that Goldar's electrical powers were not the same as Lord Zedd's.
"This seems like the same power that Lord Silas once possessed," Billy told Alex. Alex's eyes widened in fear, although he already suspected that Lord Silas was the mastermind behind the attacks.
"Assemble the Rangers for a meeting," he told Billy. Billy nodded and teleported all of the Rangers.
After everyone had settled down, Alex stood up from the head of the table and cleared his throat.
"I fear that another attack on Earth is going to happen," he told them.
"By who?" asked Carl.
"The supposed Lord of All Evil."
The older Rangers gasped at the familiar name. It was the title given to Lord Silas. Tommy's eyes flashed with anger.
"Who's that?" asked Tammie. Everyone, save for the three younger Rangers, seemed to not know how to answer.
"Lord Silas," Alex said. "Very little is known about him except that he was brought up by evil aliens who helped him become evil as well."
"Why does he want to attack Earth?"
"Yeah, and why again? Why'd he attack it in the first place?"
"I believe he is after the Rangers again," Alex said. "He has a bit of a sore spot for Rangers."
"Sucks for us," joked Tammie, her two friends joining her in her laughter. The older Rangers didn't seem to think it was funny.
"That's enough Tammie," her father said sternly.
"Why's he after us?" asked Carl. "Don't they got Rangers in Eltar too?"
"Yeah, and last time he tried to attack the Rangers of Earth, he also tried to attack Eltar," Damon pointed.
"That is why I am leaving for Eltar," Alex told them.
"What?" All the Rangers exclaimed
"No, you can't," Tammie told him.
"We need you here," cried Carl.
"No, not anymore," Alex replied. "You three have grown enough to take everything from here on, on your own. You have the original Rangers as well to guide you."
"But they don't know anything about this Lord Silas guy," Tammie pointed out.
Alex looked at every one of the original Rangers' faces, lingering mostly on Tommy.
"They know a lot more about him than you think," Alex said. Tammie and Carl looked at the original Rangers. Damon, however, seemed to be contemplating something.
"What do you know about him?" Carl asked the other Rangers.
"We…" Jason began. He looked at Tommy, knowing that his best friend was boiling up in anger inside. He knew that Tommy didn't want to bring up their encounter with Lord Silas before, but since it was Ranger business, he needed to let the newer Rangers know. "We fought against him."
"Y-you guys were the Rangers who defeated him?" Tammie asked.
"Well, we thought we had," Rocky said.
"But now that he's back…" Adam trailed off.
"He was hard to fight," Kat shared.
"Yeah, I'm telling you three now," Aisha began. "Fighting him ain't no walk in the park."
"We can take him," Tammie said confidently. Tommy looked up at his daughter.
"No," he said firmly. "You will not go up against him."
"Why not?" asked Tammie. "I'm a Ranger. I was chosen for this."
"No, you were the product of love between two Rangers," Tommy said. "Your mother and I didn't know that we'd be passing our powers onto you. If we did then…"
"Then what?" asked Tammie.
Everyone seemed uneasy. The original Rangers knew why Tommy didn't want her to fight against Lord Silas. Carl and Damon on the other hand didn't know why Tommy was suddenly forbidding her to do her Ranger duty. They thought that Tommy of all people would understand how important it was to be a Ranger.
"You know what?" Tammie said again when her dad didn't respond to her first question. But she bottled her anger again and threw her hands up. "Ugh, forget it."
She walked away from the table and settled herself against the wall. Damon and Carl quietly joined her while the adults remained silent at the table.
"Are you alright?"
"Yeah," Tammie replied quickly.
"Guys, we really need to work together on this," Carl said. "I mean, even they, the Original Rangers, couldn't defeat him. They had like five people and we have only three."
"Yeah, three people, but we all have their power and strengths remember?"
"What do you think Damon?" Carl asked his best friend. Damon was sitting on the ground, staring into space. "Damon?"
Tammie nudged him with her leg.
Damon snapped out of his zone and stood up.
"What?" he asked.
"What do you think about all this? About Lord Silas? Do you think we can do this?" asked Tammie. She sounded worried and even scared, and Damon knew that she needed comfort. But he, too, was having doubts.
"I-I don't know. There's so many things I don't know right now."
His friend and girlfriend gave him a confused look.
"What-"
"I need to know more about Lord Silas and what happened the first time around. I decided to go to Eltar with Alex."
"What?" cried Tammie. "No you can't!"
The adults all looked up from the table to see what was going on.
Damon stood in front of Tammie, so that his face wasn't seen.
"Guys, after Tommy's outburst, I have a feeling that they're not going to talk about it. Something happened there, something bad, and we need to know what."
"We'll go with you," Carl said.
"No, I need you two to stay behind in case Goldar and Scorpina come back," he told them. Damon looked at his girlfriend who had tears running down her face. He brought out his hand to put on her shoulder, but she quickly swatted it away. "Tammie…"
Tammie ignored him and walked towards Alex, all the adults were watching her.
"Alex tell him he can't go," she cried. "He has to stay here, he can't leave us."
"Damon?" asked Alex, not knowing what Tammie was rambling on about.
"I decided to go with you to Eltar."
"He can't right? He has to stay here. He's the leader, he has to stay, we need him…"
Alex looked at Tammie. He knew that she was scared of what was going on and that she was really saying that she needed Damon beside her. He looked at Damon who seemed confident in his decision.
"Tammie, I think Damon is right. It has been a long time since the first attack and I think his parents would like to see him again."
Tammie tried her best to control her tears. "You're a Ranger. You don't and you shouldn't be depending on anyone," she told herself. "You're so weak, shape up and get stronger."
Tammie finally nodded and made her way back to her friends. Damon took her hand in his and gave it a squeeze. Tammie responded with a weak smile.
The Rangers spent most of the weekend in the lab. Alex and Billy were working hard on finding a way to teleport Damon and Alex to Eltar. The Elite Rangers were busy planning out their next move against Lord Silas while the older Rangers spent time in the simulation room, practicing their moves.
"When are you leaving?" Tammie asked Damon quietly. Carl decided to take a break and went off to get a snack, leaving the couple alone.
"Maybe this week," Damon said. He lifted her chin up. "Don't worry, Tammie. I'll be back okay?"
"What if something happens? What if when you get there, Lord Silas decides to go there too?"
"Everything will be alright okay? We're only gonna stay there for a few days."
Tammie looked down at her lap, wringing her hands.
"I promise that the moment something happens to you, I'll come back," he told her. "I'll never let anything happen to you, I promise. I'll never leave you."
"But that's what you're doing now," she thought.
By Wednesday night, Billy and Alex were finally able to find a way to get Damon and Alex to Eltar. They spent many nights working on a device, and it was finally completed.
All of the Rangers gathered at the lab on Thursday morning. Everyone that is, except Tammie. Tommy gave her permission to skip school so she could see Damon before he left, but she refused. Damon knew that she was still upset, but this was a matter of his princely duties and he did want to see his real parents again.
"Take care of yourself," Carl said to Damon, as they performed their handshake.
"Yeah, take care of Tammie for me," Damon replied.
"Don't worry about her Damon," Tommy told him. "She's just going to miss you a lot."
Damon shook hands with the guys and hugged the girls. Then it was Alex's turn to say his farewell.
"Will you be coming back with Damon?" asked Kat.
"I do not know," Alex admitted. "But we shall see."
Damon and Alex made their way to the small circular platform.
"Good luck!" Billy cried as he began to push buttons on the control console. Bright blue and white lights surrounded the two. The lights were so bright that everyone had to close their eyes. When they opened them again, the two were gone.
"I wonder how Tammie's doing," Aisha finally said.
"She'll do fine," Tommy replied, sounding only half confident.
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That afternoon Tammie laid on her bed, trying to read her history homework. Light grey light began to surround her and she felt her body go light. She was being teleported. She groaned.
"This better be Ranger business," she thought. The past week as the worse week for Tammie. More anger and sadness added to her spirit and the last thing she wanted to do was talk it out. She had rather fight it out with the monsters.
"Angel Grove Park!" Billy yelled once she and the others appeared.
"Alright," cried Carl. Damon had appointed him to be the leader while he was gone. "You know what to do!"
Tommy nodded, he was the leader of the Ninjetti Rangers.
"Ninjetti!" he cried. "The falcon!"
"The frog!"
"The ape!"
"The crane!"
"The bear!"
It was Jason's turn to morph.
"Gold Ranger Power!" he cried. Golden light filled the room, once it died down, Jason stood morphed in a Gold Ranger suit.
Carl and Tammie looked at one another and nodded.
"Power Ranger Elite Force!" they both cried.
"Alright, let's go!" Carl cried as Billy teleported them out.
Once they landed at Angel Grove Park, Tammie ran and attacked the first Putty she saw. She was in her own world while she fought. She took out her anger on them. Once she took down all of the putties that surrounded her, she turned and saw Goldar. Without thinking, she began to run after her.
Goldar froze in surprise at the Silver Ranger that was running towards him. He quickly drew out his sword and zapped electricity throughout her body. Tammie fell to the ground, electricity surging through her body.
"Tammie!" cried Carl. He rushed over to his friend and made sure that she was still breathing. Then he went after Goldar but was sent flying back to Tammie. The shocked Tammie could only watch and wait until the electric feeling stopped rushing through her body.
She watched as the other Rangers tried their chance with Goldar, but each ended up on the ground.
"Pathetic Rangers!" Goldar laughed. "You are no match for me anymore! I am charged with power!"
He pointed his sword at the Gold Ranger and zapped more electricity in him. Jason cried out in pain. Then he did the same to Tommy.
"Daddy," Tammie said quietly. She forced herself up.
"Aww, how sweet," Goldar said. "The Silver Ranger wants to protect her daddy."
Tammie slowly and painfully made her way towards Goldar.
"No!" Tommy thought, but he, along with the others, were too weak to say anything.
"I'll go easy on you," Goldar cried holding out his sword towards her. Tammie held up her left arm just as Goldar zapped out electricity. The lightning type power somehow made contact with the metal band that possessed Tammie's Ranger Powers.
Tammie fell over, but she was surprised when she noticed that she didn't feel as much pain as before. She got up again.
"Silver Ranger wants more?" Goldar brought up his sword again but a crackled of purple lightning from the sky, stopped him. Scorpina appeared and called out to Goldar.
"The master says to leave them be for now!" she cried.
"But-"
"He is calling for you," Scorpina said.
Goldar put his sword down and saluted the Rangers.
"You were lucky this time," he told Tammie. And with that Goldar and Scorpina disappeared.
Billy, who was watching from the lab, teleported the Rangers in. They all demorphed as the electrical shock wore off.
"What were you thinking?" Tommy cried, the moment he finally had enough energy to speak. "Tammie, Goldar could've killed you."
"Well, it's better for one ranger to go down than all," she called back.
"Where you going?" asked Jason.
"Home," Tammie replied simply before teleporting out.
"Damn, Damon needs to come home soon," Carl said. The other Rangers nodded in agreement.
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Lord Silas' Hideout
"Why did you send her to get me?" growled Goldar. "I could've killed those Rangers!"
"Yes, I know," replied a hooded figure in black. His voice was harsh and raspy. "But I didn't send for you to kill them. I sent you to merely cause chaos."
"Why? That's all we've been doing!" complained Goldar. The hooded figure brought out his hand and shot electrical charges towards Goldar. The blue skinned monster fell to the ground in pain. Scorpina stood at the back, smirking.
"I was stalling while I thought of a plan," the figure said. "And now, I have one."
"What is it my master?" asked Scorpina as she approached him and bowed.
"Suck up," muttere Goldar as he slowly got up.
The figure smiled beneath his hood before telling his minions of his master plan.
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The following day, the Rangers all met at the lab again.
"Goldar and Scorpina are back," Billy informed them. "They are located in the mountains, where the Command Center used to stand."
Carl nodded his head, "Let's do it."
All of the Rangers morphed and were teleported to meet their villains.
Once they arrived, Putties immediately attacked the Rangers, well, except for Tammie. Tammie was left alone in the middle. She was puzzled, but she immediately went to help Kat. But Goldar quickly hit her with electricity again.
Tammie flew to the ground.
"Where's your prince charming now?" teased Scorpina.
Anger rose inside of Tammie and she found that the electricity slowly went away. She stood up and began to advance towards Scorpina. But Goldar gave her another hit of electricity.
"Oh wait, he left you didn't he?" Scorpina continued to taunt Tammie. "Maybe he was tired of having to protect you all the time."
Tammie's anger quickly ate up the electricity. Goldar gave her a bigger jolt of electricity which sent her falling on her knees.
Scorpina began to circle around her and continued to mess with her head.
"Your prince left you just so he can be with his people," she said. "And left you in the hands of his trusty best friend, who can't even save you now."
Tammie felt herself go weaker and her whole body began to flash with light grey lights.
"You're making her weaker!" Goldar cried.
Scorpina hushed him and the two began to bicker. The skies suddenly flashed with purple lightning.
"You're making him angry!" called Goldar. Scorpina huffed and turned back to Tammie.
"Your prince left you knowing that you needed him," Scorpina said. "You would've thought he'd stay. You were scared and you needed him. He promised he'd never leave you but he did."
Tammie covered her ears. Somehow, Scorpina knew all the feelings that Tammie pushed aside.
"And your father," she continued. "He's keeping secrets from you. First your mother's death, which was far worse than a car accident, and second, his days as a Ranger. And you're mad at your mother for abandoning you."
"No!"
"She wasn't there when you had your first date, your first boyfriend. She wasn't there at your first day of school. She wasn't there when you needed a motherly advice."
"Stop! I was young when it happened!"
Scorpina smiled once she saw that Tammie's anger was coming out. Now she just needed to push her enough to finally break the bottle of anger.
"Yes, you were. And that's why you're mad at yourself. You're mad because you don't care about your mother. You were to young to even have a memory of her. You can't even miss her because you didn't have anything from her to miss."
Tammie looked up at Scorpina. Her whole body began to tremble.
"Yes! It's working!" Goldar exclaimed. The other Rangers looked up and finally realized what had happened to Tammie. They all ran forward but Scorpina shot blasts of energy towards them. They all fell to the ground, and remained motionless.
Tammie watched in horror. That did it for her. Her anger was too much and she finally unleashed it. She let her anger come out and her body became engulfed in light grey flames which quickly ate up the electricity.
She felt herself become more powerful. Her eyes turned light grey and she shot a big blast of grey energy balls towards Scorpina and Goldar. The two cried out in surprise and were thrown to the floor, their bodies covered with burns.
The grey flame that outlined Tammie's body slowly disappeared and she fell too the ground in exhaustion.
Jason opened his eyes slowly. He tried to move his body, but he felt paralyzed. He looked up and saw Tammie collapse. Then the light filled with purple lightning again, striking Goldar, Scorpina, and Tammie. Jason fell back into an unconscious state when he saw Tammie disappear.
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Tammie opened her eyes and saw that she was in a dark room. She laid on a bed, which she wasn't familiar with. She slowly got up, her head was pounding and her whole body seemed to be tingling. She used the wall as her support and made her way out of the room. Tammie found herself in a narrow hallway. She continued to walk until she heard a familiar voice.
"Goldar," she thought. She didn't know whether to run or face him. She was still pissed and wanted to kick his ass, but she knew that she was in no condition to.
"Tammie," another voice said. "Come in my child, I will not hurt you."
Tammie stayed frozen in her place. She felt her body being lifted up and she saw that she was in a big ball made up of lightning. The ball, with Tammie inside, floated into the room and landed in front of a throne.
"Ah, glad to finally see you in person Tammie Ann Oliver," he said in his raspy voice.
"Who are you?"
The hooded figure stood up from his throne and walked down the steps.
"I am the Lord of All Evil," he said, stretching his arms out. Tammie saw a smile spread on his face. His eyes seemed to turn purple. "I am Lord Silas."
Tammie didn't seem to surprised, and, to Lord Silas' delight, she didn't seem to know that he was the one who killed her mother.
"Perfect," he thought.
"What do you want with me?" Tammie asked.
"Don't worry dear," he said, making Tammie cringe. "I wish you no harm. To be honest with you, I felt sorry for you."
"What?" Tammie asked, her eyes flashing light grey again. Lord Silas seemed amused with her reaction.
"Normally, I would love to kill any Ranger on the spot," he told her. "They are such good doers, always saving the day and the Earth."
"And you feel sorry for me because…"
"Because you are troubled. Despite the power that you possess, you still seem to doubt yourself," he said simply. "You have many things that you put aside, am I correct? Guilt? Pain? Anger?"
"Don't even think about messing with my mind!"
"No, never!" he cried. "I am not messing with your mind. But those are the emotions that you bottle up right? I'm merely doing you a favor by putting it out on the open for you."
"Take me home now!" Tammie cried. She felt the flames of anger and power coming to her body again.
"Don't get too worked up Tammie dear," Lord Silas said. "I'm on your side."
"No you're not," she said.
"Oh? Well then, I suppose you can find someone else who can answer all your questions?" Tammie seemed confused on what he meant. "I suppose you can always ask your father about your mother's death again and have him lie to you again."
"Wait! You know how she died?"
Lord Silas stopped on the steps which he was ascending and turned around.
"Of course," he said. "She died right in front of my eyes…"
"You killed her?" Tammie asked, the anger returning.
"It wasn't my choice," he said, choosing his words carefully. He knew that with Tammie angry, she wouldn't be able to think straight and he just had to play his words right to get her on his side. "It was your father's."
"Daddy?"
"Yes, it is cause of your dad that your mother dearest is no longer here," he said. "That is why he gets so upset when you bring it up, it just reminds him of what he did."
Tammie's mind began to go haywire. A part of her didn't want to believe him, but the other part did and it scared her.
"So much anger in you child," he said. "That is bad, it destroys ones soul until they are left with nothing but hatred. I look at you and I see that you are beginning to doubt everything, your family, your friends, your boyfriend. You feel alone…"
Tammie shook her head, trying to get him out of her mind.
"No, Tammie, don't push my words aside like you do with your emotions."
"You're a liar," she told him.
"So is your father," he countered.
"It was his fault…" Tammie finally said.
"Yes," he urged. "It was his fault that your mother left. And he kept his Ranger identity a secret from you. He could have easily lied to you about other things. Did you know about your aunt Kat?"
Tammie looked up with question in her eyes.
"She tried to tear your father and mother apart," he told her. "You'd think that he'd have enough sense to stop being friends with her after that, but no, up until now he still keeps in touch with her."
"How about your aunt Aisha? Uncle Jason? Uncle Rocky, Adam, and Billy? What about your other uncles and aunts, all who were Rangers as well? They lied to you too. They kept your father's secret from you…"
Tammie felt her head spin as she dropped to her knees. She was exhausted from the fight earlier, and Lord Silas' words were cutting her. Tears began to form.
"How about Damon? He left you by yourself, along with your mentor Alex. Your boyfriend, your beloved left you in the hands of his best friend, who couldn't even save you earlier. He said he would never leave you or let anything happen to you. He said that he'd come back as soon as something happened to you. But tell me, where is he? Shouldn't he be here to save you now?"
Tammie was on the ground crying her heart out, crying her pain and anger out.
"Come child," Lord Silas said as he kneeled down beside her. "You can be stronger and fight the pain. I can be your new mentor."
Tammie looked up through her tear filled eyes. She saw the scarred hand that Lord Silas drew out. She swatted it away.
"Y-you're lying," she stammered. Lord Silas drew out his hand to one of the walls. It glowed purple and then became a viewing screen. Tammie watched as the screen showed her dad talking with Jason and Aisha at the Juice Bar.
"Don't worry Tommy," Jason told him. "We'll get her back."
"We're going to find her," Aisha added.
"This is my fault," Tommy told them.
"No, it isn't. All of us tried to get to her, but Scorpina-"
"No," Tommy cried. "She never should've had those powers."
"You can't help that," Aisha said. "You and Kim were blessed with your own child."
"I know, but if Tammie wasn't born maybe this wouldn't have happened. She wouldn't have had the powers, she wouldn't have been one of the destined ones, and she wouldn't be gone right now. I knew it was a bad idea."
Tammie felt her heart break when she heard what her dad had said. Lord Silas quickly waved his hands and the view changed from the Juice Bar to the lab where Carl and Billy were.
"Man, Damon is going to kill me when he finds out," Carl said.
"He will understand," Billy reassured him.
"Damn, if only Tammie had her mind set right, this wouldn't have happened. She's been so damn moody, it's been affecting her Rangering. I mean, she kicks ass better when she's angry, but she doesn't think."
"I did notice that she has been acting quite unlike herself. I should've just pulled her out of the battle," Billy said. "It probably would've been better without her."
Lord Silas drew the screen away.
"You see?" Lord Silas said. "They don't care…"
"I need to be alone," she told him. Lord Silas nodded, smiling under hood his. His plan was going along perfectly. Lord Silas ordered Scorpina to escort Tammie back to her room.
Tammie was in deep thought as she lay on the bed. "They thought I was a burden?" She was confused. She knew that Lord Silas was trying to mess with her mind, but everything he had said about her feelings was true. "It's like he knows what I'm going through," she thought. "Maybe he can help me. He does seem to understand me better. At least now I know that he cares about me more than those people who I actually considered family…"
If Tammie only watched the scenes longer she would've realized that she was wrong.
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Continuing from the Juice Bar with Tommy, Jason, and Aisha
"I know, but if Tammie wasn't born maybe this wouldn't have happened. She wouldn't have had the powers, she wouldn't have been one of the destined ones, and she wouldn't be gone right now. I knew it was a bad idea."
"What was?" asked Jason.
"Having Tammie?"
"No!" Tommy cried. "I meant coming back to Angel Grove after Tammie was born. Kimberly wanted to wait until Tammie was older to visit Angel Grove. But I told her that it was the perfect time since everyone was coming back home for the summer."
"Tommy…"
"If I hadn't made Kimberly go, then we wouldn't have been sucked back into being Rangers, and we wouldn't have fought Lord Silas, and Kim… She'd be here right now…"
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Continuing from the lab with Billy and Carl
"I did notice that she has been acting quite unlike herself. I should've just pulled her out of the battle," Billy said. "It probably would've been better without her."
Carl looked at Billy.
"Tammie has been distracted," Billy explained. "And that would have caused more trouble for Tammie. Goldar seemed to have been after her since day one…"
Billy trailed off as something in his mind clicked.
"Goldar said that his master sent him to get Tammie," Billy said out loud.
"Yeah?"
"And Lord Silas is Goldar's master. So Lord Silas probably wants Tammie as revenge for Tommy, since Tommy was the one who nearly killed Silas." Billy began to punch the buttons. "Carl, teleport all the Rangers here while I continued to find a way to contact Damon."
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Back in Lord Silas' hideout
Tammie left her room and returned to Lord Silas' throne. She contemplated the whole situation and in the end…her anger won.
"What are you doing?" Scorpina asked as Tammie entered. The teenager ignored her and continued to walk but Scorpina grabbed her arm. Tammie released a type of light grey energy ball which sent Scorpina crashing into the wall.
Lord Silas looked up in amusement as Goldar pulled out his sword.
"Put it away Goldar," Silas said. "What can I do for you Tammie?"
Tammie's eyes flashed grey and an evil smile played across her face. Her body was outlined with the light grey flames again. She had let anger consume her powers and her body.
"Let me help," was all she said.